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AUTO24 RALLY ESTONIA: BIG NAMES FOR BIG ACTION Words: <strong>Handbrakes</strong> & <strong>Hairpins</strong> Picture: WorldRallyPics auto24 Rally Estonia to held on 20 - 21 july in Otepää, Estonia is the biggest motorsport event in Baltics this year. A total 182 crews from 21 countries have joined the entry list of this event which is also a round of FIA Historic European Sporting Rally Championship. Of the numerous teams contesting this event, which also offers solid preparation for those competing in the upcoming WRC Neste Oil Rally Finland, a total of four drivers from the top ten in the WRC have entered! Mads Ostberg, Martin Prokop and Thierry Neuville will pilot their WRC machines, while Jari-Matti Latvala goes back to the roots when drives a Ford Escort to compete in the FIA Historic European Sporting Rally Championship section of the event. Two more WRC cars are entered too: local driver Georg Gross comes to the auto24 Rally Estonia with hia Ford Focus WRC08 and Oleksii Tamrazov from the Ukraine with his Ford Fiesta RS WRC. The competition in Group N will be strong. As the auto24 Rally Estonia is also a round of Latvian Rally Championship, two-times Latvian Champion Andis Neiksans will be starting in Rally Estonia. But of course, for the local drivers Siim Plangi, Rainer Aus, Kaspar Koitla, Raul Jeets, Egon Kaur and Sander Pärn, the main goal will be to keep the victory in Group N in Estonia. For Sander Pärn who will start in the WRC’s Neste Oil Rally Finland this event will provide the best preparation for his WRC challenge. Also strong candidates for top places in Group N are Russian Aleksei Lukjanuk and Wojciech Chuchala from Poland. Yazeed Al-Raijhi from Saudi Arabia currently holds fi fth place overall in the SWRC (S2000 World Rally Cup) and comes to Estonia with his Ford Fiesta S2000. Karl Kruuda, who was sixth overall last year in the SWRC, will make his debut in this Estonian event this year. Driving a Ford Fiesta S2000, Kruuda will also be preparing for the WRC Neste Oil Rally Finland where he will drive the same car. As always, there will be good competition in the 2WD classes and in National group a large number of teams will pilot BMW machines. WRC and IRC driver Toni Gardemeister will be one of the BMW competitors... As mentioned before, the auto24 Rally Estonia is also a round of FIA Historic European Sporting Rally Championship and a total of 39 crews are competing in Otepää. This is a good opportunity to see the history of rallying in action as many classic cars are to be present in Otepää: the Lancia 037, Austin Healey Sprite, Ford Escort, Porsche 911, Renault 5 Alpine are some examples. Two Europan Champions from last year are also competing - Miroslav Janota (Opel Cadett C GT/E) and Enrico Brazzoli (Porsche 911 RS). H&H
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